Cowtown is a living history museum where you’ll experience life in the 1870s as you immerse yourself in a sampling of the sights, sounds and activities common to a midwestern cattle town.  You’ll experience the dramatic clash of Victorian ideals and economic realities as these competing forces strove to create an economically viable cattle town and a Victorian metropolis.  Try a wagon ride, hear the ring of the blacksmith anvil, and visit the humble home one of the town’s founder, Darius Munger.   Be sure to stop at the home of the Marshall Murdock, who almost single-handedly promoted the town through his newspaper.  After you smell what the farmer’s wife is cooking for her family, try an ice cold sarsaparilla in the saloon…but be prepared to duck in the doorway as gunfire erupts in the streets! 

Diamond W Wranglers
Located at Wichita's historic Old Cowtown MuseumVisitor Center, the Diamond W Chuckwagon Supper sits in grand Western style on the shores of the Arkansas River near downtown Wichita, Kansas. The Diamond W Wranglers offer year round family dining with its world famous Western musical entertainment.

Doors open at 5:30 PM, and at 6:30 the supper bell rings and it's all you can eat barbeque. Afterwards, you'll sit back and enjoy the world famous Diamond W Wranglers. Or, you can start off the evening right with a western feel from 3pm to 6pm with a tour of Cowtown for a reduced admission price. Please visit Diamond W Wrangler's website for a full performane schedule.

For reservations Call:  (316) 729-4825
http://www.diamondwchuckwagon.com/

Come Join Old Cowtown each month as we celebrate various themes retracing the steps from the old west. Within each month, weekly sub themes will consist of exhibits, educational pieces, and memorbillia reflecting western living from 1865-1880.

Old Cowtown Themed Months

August-Law and Order
Law and Order Statement

September-Agriculture: Feeding the Frontier
Feeding the Frontier Statement

October-Arts and Recreation: Pioneer and Pastimes
Arts and Recreation Statement

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